ANDALUSIAN RESCUE CENTRE FOR HORSES (ARCH)

“I said, “Somebody should do something about that“.

Then I realised, I am somebody” – Lily Tomlin.

What We Do

RESCUING HORSES, PONIES & DONKEYS

We are a registered charity and work closely with Seprona (environmental law enforcement) and the local police, as we have no powers to confiscate.

To report an Equine in Distress, please click on the following link.

Report an Equine in Distress

REHABILITATION & REHOMING

Once our horses and donkeys are fully rehabilitated, our main aim is to find them a forever home.
To see our available equines and complete an online adoption form, click on ‘Adopt’.
To view some of our favourite ‘before and after’ success stories, view the e-book.

ADOPT

View e-book

VOLUNTARY SUPPORT

Our charity is staffed by volunteers and we depend on fundraising activities and donations to carry on our work. Your support will mean a great deal.

Volunteer

Featured Equines

Torda

Grey Mare
Born 2021

Confiscated from Huelva province with others, starving and neglected.
Young and relatively unhandled. Learning to trust humans after a bad start.

In foster locally, can be seen by appointment.

Emcee

Grey gelding
150cm
Born 2021

Confiscated from Huelva with others, starving and neglected.

He has had little sympathetic handling, so needs to learn to trust humans..

Flycka

Grey Mare
+-142cm
Born 2016

Flycka is the perfect project for a very experied horse person due to the fact that she has spent nearly her entire life without any handling. Once she trusts someone, she connects easily, but is wary at first.
Flycka is not dominant in a herd environment, an easy keeper and still needs to be introduced to plenty of new things.

Only suitable for a lightweight person. Has only had basic handling and goundwork.

Torero

Palomino Gelding
168cm
Born 1999

Torero has a friendly character. He is affectionate and good with children, however, not for novices.
Castrated and has had a phallectomy. He arrived on the 11th of March following a police raid on an unscrupulous horse dealer.

Abha

Grey Arab mare
148cm
Born 2000

Abha is calm and friendly once she makes a connection. Can handle a light rider but needs a very experienced home.
She was confiscated by Seprona in Orgiva.

Caramelo

Bay gelding
152cm
Born 2015

Caramelo is friendly and inquisitive.
He has an old injury to his hoof that required additional surgery.
After various surgeries with only slight improvement, it was decided that he needed to go to the equine hospital in Cordoba..

Caramelo has returned and is recovering well. We hope the wound will not return, but there are unfortunately no guarantees.

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Visit Us

Open every Sunday in December
10am to 2pm

Pop in and have a look around
Meet the horses, ponies and donkeys, in a lovely tranquil setting
Talk about volunteering and adopting, or just find out more about the work we do
Please wear closed shoes if you wish to groom or enter the paddocks

Our Mission

ARCH’s mission is to provide the best care and rehabilitation for abandoned and abused horses. The charity works hard every day to offer these animals a better life.